The present invention provides a battery-powered tyre pressure sensor including a pressure transducer (10) for sensing a pressure of a tyre and providing a tyre pressure signal. The tyre pressure sensor is arranged to transmit the signal containing information about the tyre pressure of an associated vehicle tyre to a cab unit (1) via a transmitter (13) where it is displayed to a driver of the veh...

A cutting board (1) for product which is to be cut into slices wherein the board (1) includes a support surface (2), which includes at least two spaced-apart and opposed raised edges ("first edges") (3, 4) wherein the height that the first edges (3, 4) extend above the support surface (2) is equivalent to a first desired thickness of slice to be cut from product placed between the first edges (3, ...

An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable casing sheet (1), a liquid-impermeable casing sheet (2) and an absorbent body (3) enclosed between the two casing sheets. The absorbent body (3) includes a liquid acquisition space (24) which consists of at least one cavity or one region of lower density than the density of an acquisition layer (19) located in said absorbent body (3) adjacent the ...

An absorbent article in the form of a sanitary napkin ( 1 ), a panty liner or an incontinence protector for women, comprises an absorbent body ( 2 ) and a liquid-impervious casing sheet ( 4 ) that covers one side of the absorbent body and is joined thereto, either directly or indirectly, wherein the liquid-impervious casing sheet is coated with an adhesive layer ( 5 ) that extends at least over a ...

An integral disposable elasticized absorbent article is provided for use as infant training pants or adult incontinent underpants, briefs and the like. The article comprises an absorbent body having a liquid pervious top layer, a liquid impervious backsheet and a liquid absorbent layer therebetween. A pair of elasticized members (belts) are secured to the absorbent body, with one elasticized membe...

PURPOSE: To improve the liq. sodium corrosion resistance by forming a metallic thin film resistant to liq. sodium corrosion on the surface of a silicon-base non-oxide ceramic by ion-beam irradiation and metal vapor deposition. CONSTITUTION: A vacuum chamber 1 is provided with a holder 2 carrying a metal excellent in resistance to sodium corrosion, an ion source 3 and a sample holder 4 on which a s...

A sanitary napkin having a topsheet and an absorbent core associated with the topsheet is disclosed. The topsheet and associated core are decoupled from the backsheet of the sanitary napkin so that the topsheet and backsheet may be separated in the Z-direction. The sanitary napkin has a joined transverse edge connecting the topsheet and backsheet and forming a hinge to facilitate the Z-direction s...

The present invention relates to a solid particulate or liquid rinse-added fabric softening composition containing specific chlorine scavengers. The solid particulate composition, comprises from about 50% to about 95%, by weight of the composition, of biodegradable, cationic quaternary ammonium fabric softening compound and an effective amount of chlorine scavenger selected from the group consisti...

Sway bars (10) made of high strength steel having grains (15) with a preferred orientation, and methods of making such sway bars (10) from blanks of high strength steel typically having a yield strength of at least about 90,000 psi and a tensile strength of at least about 120,000 psi.

PCT No. PCT/SE95/00185 Sec. 371 Date Aug. 22, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Aug. 22, 1996 PCT Filed Feb. 22, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO95/22952 PCT Pub. Date Aug. 31, 1995An absorbent body and an apparatus for manufacturing an absorbant body having at least two layers of absorbent material, upon each of which a layer of superabsorbent particles has been laid. The particle layers include patterns of through-pene...

Absorbent articles are provided having a bolstering waist feature. In its preferred embodiment, the bolstering waist feature expands upon exposure to aqueous body liquids effectively tightening the diaper by stretching of the waist regions of the absorbent article. There is a resulting increase in the contractive forces in the band of lateral tension in the waist regions of the absorbent article w...

A disposable garment having enhanced extensibility around waist opening is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis and seams. The chassis comprises a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the bac...

A disposable garment for improved application to wearer's body is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis, a waist elastomeric material, a side elastomeric material, and seams joining parts of the disposable garment in the front region to parts of the disposable ...

A disposable garment having a side elastomeric material and a waist elastomeric material is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region, a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis, a waist elastomeric material, a side elastomeric material, and seams. The chassis has a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topshee...

A disposable garment having enhanced extensibility around the leg openings is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis and seams. The chassis comprises a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topsheet, and an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and the ...

The present invention is directed to a disposable pull-on garment having a longitudinal center line, a front region, a back region and a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable pull-on garment includes a chassis provided in the front, back and crotch regions. The chassis has edge lines in the front and back regions and includes a liquid pervious topsheet, a liqui...

A disposable garment of the type of worn about the torso of a wearer is disclosed. The garment has a front region, a back region, a crotch region between the front region and the back region, a waist opening, and leg openings. The garment has a zone of extensibility comprising a side elastomeric material and a waist elastomeric material. When the garment is applied to a standard mannequin, the ski...

Disclosed is a disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent layer between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein the backsheet is comprised of a microporous polymer film printed with multicolored graphics and a nonwoven material laminated to the film, wherein the film has a "b" value between about 0.0 and about 0.5 and exhibits less than about 4.0 % thermal shr...

An individually packaged absorbent article and a method for making the same is disclosed. The individual package comprises an absorbent pad having side tabs and a wrapper having a central release strip which may be parallel or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the wrapper. On either side of the central release strip are tab release members, the tab release members and the central release s...

A disposable garment having a side elastomeric material and a waist elastomeric material is disclosed. The disposable garment has a front region, a back region, a crotch region between the front region and the back region. The disposable garment comprises a chassis, a waist elastomeric material, a side elastomeric material, and seams. The chassis has a topsheet, a backsheet joined with the topshee...